Ugly story about Church politics..and future pope

[Stuart G]

Oh..the future pope played politics in the church..even with rivals..and their sexual problems...MSNBC/New York Times.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36791500/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/

"VIENNA - As Pope Benedict XVI has come under scrutiny for his handling of sexual abuse cases, both his supporters and his critics have paid fresh attention to the way he responded to a sexual abuse scandal in Austria in the 1990s, one of the most damaging to confront the church in Europe.

Defenders of Benedict cite his role in dealing with Cardinal Hans Hermann Groër of Vienna as evidence that he moved assertively, if quietly, against abusers."

further down the story states....

Msgr. Helmut Schüller, a former vicar general of the Vienna Archdiocese, says the church cannot win back the trust of Catholics unless the pope is more forthcoming about his past role in managing abuse scandals.

“He cannot expect others to be transparent, like the Irish bishops he appeals to in his letter, and not be transparent himself,” said Monsignor Schüller, who until 2005 was the archdiocese’s ombudsman for sexual abuse cases.


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If you read all of this article, you will see that the future pope did go after one rival, but evidently took his time on some other abuse cases..Looks like they are bringing up some more dirt to say the pope is not dirty..Think about all that has been posted. The Pope is the chief protector of the molesters no matter what
he did in one case in the past..(conviently brought up now)